Cattle guard for railways



July 5, 1927. 7 1,634,872

.1. F. HOLLENBACK CATTLE GUARD FOR RAILWAYS Filed Dec. 29. 1925 Inventor Attorney Patented July 5, 19 I "UNITED s'rArs FFICE.

Parana JOSEPH F. HOLLENBACK, F CANYON CREEK, MONTANA.

CATTLE G ARD ron RAILwAYs.

Application filed December 29, 1925. Serial No. 78 ,180.

possessed of the eminently practical advanby bolts 7 to the anchor members so that.

tages hereinafter ascribed to it.

To the. attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

.In the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification a i t Figure 1 isa top plan view of the cattle guard constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that I have as yet'devised. .g a

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal vertical section illustrative of an importantcharacteristic of my novel cattle guard hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail perspect ve showing one of the anchor members which constitute important features of the improvement.

Similar numeralsol reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elen'ients my novel cattle guard comprises anchor members 1, four in number, and adapted to be superposed on ties and fixed thereto through the medium of spikes or analogous devices designated by 2. The said anchor members have beveled portions 3 which will offer no appreciable obstruction to beams or appurtenances pendent from trains and hence will not :be liable to catch into such beams or appurtenances; At the higher ends of the said beveled portions 3 the anchors are provided with bifurcated portions 4 having alined apertures 5 in their'arms.

The said anchor members are relatively ar 'anged as shown in Figure 1, and are for the detachable connection of the side bars 6 of the guard, the, said side bars having their ends disposed removably in the anchor members 1, specifically speaking in the said bifurcation, and being detachably connected when said bolts 7 are removed the cattle guard as a whole may be readily disassociated from the anchor members for repair purposes or for any other purpose. Liliewise the said anchor members render it feasible to readily secure in position the major portion of the cattle guard which includes the said side bars 6.

Interposed which have the inclined upper portions 7", Figure 2, designed to offer practically no obstruction to elements pendent from a train. In this connection it will also be no ticed that the ends of the side bars 6 are beveled as designated by 8 for the general purpose ascribed to the inclined surfaces 3 and 7 Extending between and carried by preference in a removable manner by the side bars {5 are transverse shafts 10 on which are spac- 111g sleeves 11 and toothed wheels 12, the said wheels l2 being freelyrevoluble about their respective shafts andbeing arranged in stagger-ed or lapped relation as appears in Figure 1 so as to lessen the liabilityof .cattl-e catching their feet in the cattle guard.

The free revolubility of the wheels 12 is also advantageous inasmuch as it enables the cattle guard to clear itself of snow, cinders and the like so that there is no liabilityimder any condition of the guard becoming clogged and impaired. For contributing to lessening of the liability of cat-- tle catching their feet in the guard, the guard also includes spaced longitudinal, vertically disposed plates or bars 13 and 13*, the said plates or bars 13 and 13 separating the wheels 12 into longitudinal series so that by virtue of the bars or plates 13 and 1'3 in combination with the staggered arrangement of the wheels 12 it is practically impossible for cattle to be caught in the guard, but notwithstanding this there is freeclearancc through all of the guard between the side bars 6 and the end mem bers 7*. for the gravitation of snow, cinders and any other substance that would be ex pected to impair the eiiiciency of the guard. .The bars or plates 13 are adapted to reach downwardly to and rest upon sleepers or ties so to strongly maintain the guard and prevent downward deflection of the same in the event of any considerable weight being imposed on the guard. These bars or plates 13 extend below bars or plates 13 and the bars 13 do not extend down far enough to touch the ties. V

Manifestly when necessity demands two of the bolts may be removed and thereupon the major portion of the guard may be raised in hing-ed manner on the other two bolts to facilitate clea ing under the guard. Again when the side bars 6 are disassociat-ed from between and fixed to the said side bars 6 are transverse end members. 7*

the anchor 111en1be1's "1. any one et the she its; 111113 be removed for repuir urpeeee e1- tor the purpose of replneine :1 worn or broken Wheel by 11 fresh wheel, 11nd when nuts are e111ployed in eonjunetion with the said shuctts it), he ogerntion iinlienied 11111 be readily carried out utter removnl at the nuts. It will further be zuqu'eeinted thnt the reletiie arrangement oi. the wheels 12 is :1d 11111t11ge011s im'ieinueh 11. the mid Wheel; nre adapted to cut their Way through iee. 11111111" and the like so that under all eon lilions t1l1eetlieie11ey oi the QHiil'tl \ill be nniintnined all; 211 high standard.

Notwithetundine; the nmny nrzietienl 11d: antegos o't whieh my novel guard in new sensed. the gum-d eo11 =t1w1ehd in the 1111 11- ner shown 11nd deeerihed is not unduly we peneii'e 21nd is. in lei-t, in {muuu'tio'n to its duzibility inexpensive.

As bei'ore indie: ted the -1111 r =1in11 ilhn-ztinted :ind deserihed mnetitnle the best prueti '11l embodiment ot my intention oi" which I 11111 cognizant end i therel'ore prefer to en'lphiy the said eonstrui'tiou. i do not; desire, howeren to be inden toed :1 wontinine' nn'sel't to the construction and rein tire 111":111ge11'1e11t 01 the elements as diselor-ed, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the scope of Which struetu at ehanges 11nd elmnges in arrangement may be made Without; departure t1'011'1 my invention.

Having described my invention, what I elnini and desire to secure by Letters-P111;- ent, is:'

F1 cattle guard eeinprising :111-eh01' members adapted to be :lll'ixed on sleepers or ties, :1 air of side bzll's engaged with the anchor members, said side bare having beveled ends, 171x111 verse end n1e111bere intm-posed betnu-ren and fixed to the side have and having inelined portions, longitudinal spneed plates die poeed between the side hers 21nd internosed between 11nd lixed to the end n1e111- here, some of said 11111131111 being depended be low the side bars and other alntes to rest on sleepers and ties and constitute znixiliary eunports, 21nd 111021118 calculated. to dine-our nge cattle from traversing the guard disposed between the sides and the longitudinal plates.

In testimony whereof I ullix my signature.

J. 11. I-IOLLE'NBAGK. 

